A comprehensive, online collection of digitized historical maps of North Carolina, which when completed will contain over 1,500 maps, dating from the late 1500s to the 1960s and including detailed maps for each of North Carolina's one hundred...

Brief history of Alamance County from the 18th century to the present. Link to "War Memorial" (http://www.alamance-nc.com/Alamance-NC/The+Community/War+Memorial/) for a full description of the Alamance County War Memorial located at 212 W. Elm...

"As Bath, North Carolina, celebrates three-hundred years since its incorporation, it is interesting to note how the town has marked its own history over the years. Little was done to preserve Bath's colonial past until the early twentieth century....

This site has a history of Guilford County sheriffs compiled by Susan Vicent Pons. Also included is a list of the sheriffs and their dates of service from 1771 through 1994 (with a few holes). The link entitled "Former Sheriff's" on the left menu...

This site describes some of the basic facts about Edgecombe County -- its location, its primary economic drivers, and its resources. There is also a spreadsheet with general statistics about the people and the economy

This is a typescript listing the chronology of offspring of Abel and Mary Ashbee. This Bible record is part of a collection compiled by the Currituck Public Library in Barco, N.C. and shared with the N.C. State Archives.

The Speculation Land Collection consists of nearly 800 documents related to land ownership in Western North Carolina in the early 1800s. The documents help shed light on the acquisition and sale of the "Speculation Lands," some 400,000 acres in...